Marvel Must Haves: New X-Men #114–116

A value–pack reprint of writer Grant Morrison’s first three issues, this edition of Marvel Must Haves also functions as a lengthy advertisement for the E Is For Extinction trade paperback, which has the complete story. Morrison received both words of praise and damnation for his post-punk take on Marvel’s mutants. The tone is much darker than it had been previously, and the characters have rougher edges, behaving more like mutants than black and white super-heroes. Frank Quitely’s wide–screen panels illuminate Morrison’s cinematic approach to storytelling.